Within 21 days of the hearing required by Texas Agriculture Code, Chapter 41, Subchapter B to consider the petition of a nonprofit organization for certification as the organization authorized to conduct an assessment referendum and an election of a commodity producers board, the Commissioner may:     
       (1) certify the organization by issuing an official certificate;      
       (2) ask for additional information; or      
       (3) deny certification in writing. If certification is denied, the organization must wait 120 days before petitioning the Commissioner again.      
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §23.21 adopted to be effective November 5, 2017, 42 TexReg 6002; amended to be effective April 19, 2023, 48 TexReg 1953